Presidential Relationships with Other Countries

1. Presidential Relationships with Other Countries How the president deals with other countries is called ____. One of the relationships that the US has that is the rockiest is with our neighbor to the South ____. We oppose the country because it has a ___ type of government. We also own land there in ____ and they do not like it. We got this piece of land through the ____ War and have kept it ever since. In the 1960’s, ___ put ___ on Cuba and threatened to shoot them at the US. Their leader, ____, was ready to let Cuba be blown up in order for the US to not exist. We also led an attack that failed on Cuba called the ____ of Pigs. In this we supported people to take it over but it ____. To this day it is ____ to travel to Cuba. This is being done in order to pressure Cuba to ____ their ways.

2. One of the other relationships that is always rocky is with ___. • For years instead of supporting Mainland China we supported ___ as the real China because he did not like their government, ___. • But now we cannot ignore China because we ____ so much with them and owe them money, which is called a ___. • We have tried to set up trade ___ but it has not worked. • There is also something called a pegged ____ policy and something called intellectual ____ rights. • These all show up on a question on your unit test. • Another issue that was a main reason why Romney lost the election was because ____. • Over the years it has increased because people come to the US to look for ____. • Others come for ____ and ____ reasons. • If the US takes a strong stance against it then ____ will start to rise in Mexico because there will be no ____ there. • Isn't it a little ironic.

3. When we went to war with Iraq many people in the US and around the world thought we went because of ____. • People in Middle Eastern countries started to ____ the United States for their actions. • This shows how foreign ____ directly and indirectly affects other regions. • The president has a number of advisors called _____. • They lead major positions in the government and advise the president on topics like _____________________. • This has grown from ___ posts to now 15. • Finally, there are things called regulatory commissions that are ___ of the government and are appointed by the President. • They must be approved by the ______ and they regulate ____ in the United States. • Some of these commissions are the FDA that regulates ________, the SEC that regulates _________, and the EPA that regulates __________.